Hello again,

After much discouragement and mind mulling, I decided to remove the old
Thermaltake shim I've used for years off this new CPU.  I've several of
these and put them on each AMD machine I work on as a reassurance against
cracking the CPU die when installing the heatsink.

Are the dies thinner on the Mobile CPU's?  Appears the heatsink wasn't quite
getting the contact it needed although the thermal compound transferred to
it.

Now is cruises along at 46 Celsius working and 42 resting.

Running on a Epox 8K3a board at 166 X 12, POST says FSB is 333 (although the
CPU says on it 266, perhaps this is a funtion of the multiplier used?)

Using Corsair 512 MB DDR RAM 3200 (POST says 2700, highest the board will
accept)


Thanks for all your posts, I've learned a lot over the years!

Ray Hornung
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liz & Ray Hornung" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List"
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Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:41 PM
Subject: AMD 2500+M overheating


> Hello all,
>
> Today I changed my CPU from an AMD 2100 to an AMD Mobile 2400+.  I also
> upgraded the CPU fan to Thermatake Silent Boost rated to AMD 3200+.  I
> applied the usual thermal paste, a quick easy switch. Powered up fans are
> all spinning.
>
> In the BIOS I changed the FSB to 166 and and adjusted the multiplier until
> we were running at about 1.9 MGhrz.
>
> Problem is the CPU temperature hit about 70 deg C before I turned it off.
I
> clocked it down to about 1 MGhtz and it's settled at 56 Celsius.
>
> I know the Mobile CPUs run hotter, but how hot?
>
>
>
>

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